The effects of early maternal employment on later cognitive and behavioral outcomes
The effects of early maternal employment on later cognitive and behavioral outcomes
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00336.x
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发表时间：
2001-05-01
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6
通讯作者：
Brooks-Gunn, J
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作者：
Han, WJ;Waldfogel, J;Brooks-Gunn, J
本文调查了早期母亲就业对儿童认知和行为结果的长期影响。在1986年全国青年纵向调查中，对3至4岁的非西班牙裔白色和非洲裔美国儿童进行了纵向跟踪，以观察先前研究发现的3至4岁的影响是否持续到学龄期（7至8岁），或者这些影响是否随着时间的推移而减弱。实证结果表明，母亲在孩子出生后第一年的就业对白色儿童的认知结果有显著的负面影响。这些影响持续到7岁或8岁的一些儿童，但不为其他人。我们还发现，母亲在第一年的就业对7岁或8岁时评估的行为问题有一些负面影响，但这些影响仅见于白色儿童。
This article investigates the long-term impact of early maternal employment on children's cognitive and behavioral outcomes. Non-Hispanic White and African American children aged 3 to 4 in the 1986 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were followed longitudinally to see whether the effects that prior studies found at age 3 to 4 persist into the school-age years (ages 7 to 8) or whether those effects attenuate over rime. The empirical results indicate that maternal employment in the Ist year of a child's life has significant negative effects on White children's cognitive outcomes. These effects persist to ages 7 or 8 for some children bur not for others. We also found some negative effects of maternal employment in the Ist year on behavioral problems as assessed at age 7 or 8, but again these effects are found only for White children.